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In 1913, the Legislature established a committee to investigate the causes of prostitution and other vice in Wisconsin. Chaired by Sen. Howard Teasdale (1855-1936), it sent questionaires to officials throughout the state and held hearings in many cities. During those hearings it questioned working women about their lives, asked religious and civic leaders about vice in their communities, and consulted experts about how to reduce or eliminate the suffering caused by prostitution, alcoholism, and other social problems. It even sent undercover investigators into brothels and taverns around the state, before it issued its final report in 1914. Teasdale's investigation produced hundreds of pages of first-hand evidence about Wisconsin women whose lives otherwise went largely undocumented. Selected photographs from the commission's files are online at Wisconsin Historical Images.
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287: NP-Complete
Title text: General solutions get you a 50% tip.
[edit] Explanation
Another entry in the "My Hobby" series of cartoons. Cueball is embedding NP-complete problems in restaurant orders. Specifically, he is ordering appetizers not by explicitly stating the names, but by the total price of them all. This is a simplified example of the knapsack problem. This is a problem in combinatorial optimization, as follows: If you have a knapsack (backpack or rucksack) which can hold a specific amount of weight, and you have a set of items, each with its own assigned value and weight, you have to select items to put into the knapsack so that the weight does not exceed the capacity of the knapsack and the combined value of all the items is maximized.
In computational complexity theory, NP stands for "nondeterministic polynomial time," which means that problems which are NP take polynomial running time (i.e. the time a CPU would take to run the program would be polynomial in the input size) to verify a solution, but it is unknown whether finding any or all solutions can be done in polynomial time. Polynomial time is considered efficient; exponential and higher times are considered unfeasible for computation. NP-complete problems are ones which, if a polynomial time algorithm is found for any of them, then all NP problems have polynomial time solutions. In short, particular guesses in NP-complete problems can be checked easily, but systematically finding solutions is far more difficult.
The waiter's problem is NP-complete, since a given order's price can be found and checked quickly, but finding an order to match a price is much harder. (Formal proofs of the NP-completeness of the knapsack problem can be found at the above link.) The most straightforward way for a human to find a solution is to methodically start by first listing all the (6) ways of choosing one appetizer, and their total costs, then list all the (21) ways of choosing two appetizers (allowing repeats), and then list all the (56) ways of choosing three appetizers, and so forth. As any combination of eight appetizers would be more than $15.05, the process need not extend beyond listing all the (1715) ways of choosing seven appetizers.
Another famous NP-complete problem is the Travelling Salesman problem, mentioned by Cueball at the end, referring to the waiter's claim that he has 6 more tables to get to. (see also 399: Travelling Salesman Problem).
The title text refers to the fact that NP-complete problems have no known polynomial time general solutions, and it is unknown if such a solution can ever be found. If the waiter can find an efficient general solution to this he will have solved one of the most famous problems in mathematics. This problem is one of the six remaining unsolved Millennium Prize Problems stated by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000, for which a correct solution (including proving that such a solution doesn't exist) is worth US$1,000,000. A 50% tip is slightly less than fair.
[edit] The Solution
There are exactly two solutions to the problem posed in the comic strip, combinations of appetizers which total $15.05:
- Seven mixed fruit orders (this solution was not intended - see trivia below)
- A combination of two orders of hot wings, one order of mixed fruit, and one sampler plate
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- My Hobby:
- Embedding NP-Complete problems in restaurant orders
- [A menu is shown.]
- Chotchkies Restaurant
- Appetizers
- Mixed Fruit 2.15
- French Fries 2.75
- Side Salad 3.35
- Hot Wings 3.55
- Mozzarella Sticks 4.20
- Sampler Plate 5.80
- [Three people sit at a table, including Cueball who is ordering from a waiter.]
- Cueball: We'd like exactly $15.05 worth of appetizers, please.
- Waiter: ...Exactly? Uhh...
- Cueball: Here, these papers on the knapsack problem might help you out.
- Waiter: Listen, I have six other tables to get to-
- Cueball: -As fast as possible, of course. Want something on traveling salesman?
[edit] Trivia
- In an interview with the Mathematical Association of America Randall said that the trivial answer to this problem was a mistake.
- A film reference is embedded in the menu in the first panel: The restaurant is called "Chotchkies", a fictional restaurant featured in the film Office Space. In that film, the character Joanna, played by Jennifer Aniston, quits her job at Chotchkies, a typical family-oriented chain restaurant, over their policy that she wear a large number of tchotchkes, or "flair" items – tacky pins, buttons, or other adornments to a worker's uniform which can often be seen on waiters and waitresses at chain family restaurants, as well as those who work at movie theaters or large retail chain stores.
Shame this only works in restaurants that price all their appetizers differently. Davidy22 (talk) 03:18, 13 October 2012 (UTC)
I have a hunch that the seven fruit cups are pretty intentional as the first item on the menu and the simplest solution possible. I was about to write a script to solve the problem through random selections and was going to optimize for speed by limiting the maximum times an item could be order to floor(15.05/price). Thus, one could order up to 2 sample plates, 3 moz sticks, 5 of the hot wings/side salad/french fries or 7 fruit cups without going over budget. (side note: you can always with these prices squeeze in a fruit cup with the exception of the 7 fruit cups). I found the "trivial" solution on the first step of the "preliminary" work for that script and then took a catnap. Of course, since the nontrivial solution involves the same item as the trivial solution, one could just pick a number, multiply by that number, subtract one unit, and pick two other items, whose prices were not set yet, and adjust their prices to add up accordingly just to ensure both trivial and nontrivial solutions lest anyone actually write a program to solve the problem through brute force as oppose to through wit. Why seed? Because to not have a nontrivial solution would be so much like Blackhat. Note to self: try this sometime in the real world using a real menu. Katya (talk) 02:17, 23 November 2012 (UTC)
Note: Traveling Salesman Problem might be mentioned also because both this problem and the Knapsack problem to be solved belong to set of NP-complete problems; a Knapsack problem can be transformed in polynomial time to Traveling Salesman Problem, and solution of Traveling Salesman Problem can be transformed in polynomial time to Knapsack problem solution. --JakubNarebski (talk) 16:00, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
In an interview with the Mathematical Association of America Randall said that the trivial answer to this problem was a mistake. Xrays Knock Charms Down (talk) 03:00, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
- I added this very interesting info to the explanation - at first as a trivia, but then I realized that it would not be seen by everyone - as you often do not read below the transcript. Why would you, you do not need to see what was in the comic again... So I moved it up to the solution part, because to me it is a very important fact about this comic. An error by Randall... But Dgbrt keeps moving this info away from the solution. I have understood now that the trivia should be below the transcript - although I cannot see why this should be so - as I have just described. But who says that this info should be a trivia item? It was I who put it there (by mistake?) at first. I will try not to start an editing fight here, but still think there should at least be a mention in the explanation that it was a mistake - in case you do not realize there is a trivia section below. I have used this page a lot lately, and had not found out before, that it was always below. There is not that many pages with trivia sections Kynde (talk) 11:02, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
I was bored and tried to find a solution for fun. I found the more complex one quite fast by chance. It was actually the second combination I tried. I did not realize you could just add seven fruit cups because I was so set on starting with the sampler plate. Now I am not sure if I should be glad, because I was so lucky, or annoyed that my fight-the-boredom-idea did not work out, or even more annoyed that I never have that kind of luck in the lab where I could really use it for finding the one thing out of a thousand possible causes for "why-does-my-experiment-not-work" which actually will give me some usable data. 126.96.36.199
This explanation is thorough, and I like being thorough, but it seems to be a bit of overkill. I copy-edited it a bit, but I have a couple qualms. This is not really the knapsack problem, as it does not attach values to the items (as mentioned). It is more of a subset sum problem, which admittedly could be considered a variant of the knapsack problem. Secondly, I don't see why we need to go into detail about the movie Office Space. --Quicksilver (talk) 18:34, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
- I did some clean-ups, but the the "In computational complexity theory" still needs a review.--Dgbrt (talk) 20:19, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
Inspired by this comic, somebody has actually created an ordering site which tries to give you an order from a restaurant in your area (US only I think) totalling a specific amount NP Food. Worth including above? -- Copito (talk) 20:43, 8 November 2013 (UTC)That site doesn't work for me. —TobyBartels (talk) 10:07, 19 November 2013 (UTC)


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In a move that signals that his professional wrestling career is coming close to an end, Kane has opened up an insurance company in Knoxville with his wife. He has told people for the longest time that he wants to retire, but it is just hard to do so because the money that he makes in WWE is a considerable amount each year.
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It looks like Kane and Big Show might be sneaking on to the Wrestlemania 30 card after all. Management has been planting the seeds to have them work a filler match at the pay per view, and the events at Smackdown was the start of that. The idea for the match has been around since February, but management had other priorities to take care of first.
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Terim's open tactics play straight into Madrid hands
In the end it was as comfortable a Champions League quarterfinal as it could be for Real Madrid. A 3-0 victory over Galatasaray in the first leg at the Santiago Bernabeu and one foot firmly in the semifinals.
- Yilmaz: Galatasaray brave but outplayed
- Mourinho pleased with defensive display
- Stats: Ronaldo seizes control for Real
- Real thrash Gala, Malaga hold Dortmund
Three goals and a clean sheet -- Madrid's first clean sheet in the competition this season. Los Blancos had conceded in their last seven matches going into the game and had kept one clean sheet in their last 12 matches.
Galatasaray coach Fatih Terim promised to attack in the Spanish capital. It was the only way they knew how to play, he said, whether it be domestically in the Turkish league or against European giants such as Madrid -- a team going for La Decima this season. It proved to be their downfall.
The Turks, backed by a big and noisy following from Istanbul, huffed and puffed but could not blow the Madrid house down. In huffing, and puffing, the visitors were left exposed in midfield and at the back and their game plan worked like a charm for Jose Mourinho and his men, who tucked away three goals, and it could have been more.
"Even a 6-year-old knows how Real plays," said the Gala manager before the match. One would say Terim's approach before the match was a brave one, sticking to his principles. One wonders whether a more conservative approach would have kept his side in it going back to Istanbul.
Terim changed things at halftime, with Madrid leading 2-0 and the hosts picking gaps in his side all over the park. Wesley Sneijder, looking to be the hero going forward, left Galatasaray heavy in attack and light at the back. Gokhan Zan replaced the former Madrid man at halftime but the damage had mostly been done. Ifs and buts left to take back to Istanbul for the second leg.
There was no romantic story for Didier Drogba or Sneijder, former disciples of Mourinho at Chelsea and Inter Milan respectively, nor did Hamit Altintop pull up any trees on his return to the Spanish capital.
To be fair to Galatasaray, they posed a threat in the first half and started brightly. They came for an away goal and the way they set up, with five men pushing forward at most opportunities, gave them a bit of edge in the opening 45 minutes. Drogba swiveled around Raphael Varane but lacked composure and fired over, while Emmanuel Eboue struck good shots straight at Diego Lopez. The threat was there, and if the visitors had grabbed an away goal things would have looked different.
Xabi Alonso was instrumental. The Spanish international is one of Madrid's major players and, as well as talisman Ronaldo, he has to be catered for by the opposition on nights like this. He wasn't, and the midfielder was able to pull the strings with as much ease as he's been able to do all season.
He made a superb long pass to find Angel Di Maria for the first chance of the game, with Karim Benzema, preferred to Gonzalo Higuain, steering his header just over the bar. He provided a killer pass for Di Maria again in the second half but the Argentine couldn't capitalise. Alonso's night was complete when he set up the third goal, a superb dinked pass for Higuain to head home.
In leaving Felipe Melo as the only man protecting the back four, Galatasaray were asking for trouble and they got it.
After a decent start by Terim's men, assist machine Mesut Ozil put Ronaldo through and a fine finish had the hosts ahead. It was poor marking by Eboue, with the former Arsenal man losing the Portuguese -- and he's a man you don't want to lose.
Eboue was partly to blame for Madrid's second goal, too, ducking away from a Michael Essien cross and allowing Benzema to nip in just before the hour mark. You can't have slack marking at the Bernabeu and go away unpunished.
And praise for Mourinho's team selection. The only real surprise was seeing Essien start in place of Alvaro Arbeloa, but the Chelsea loan man played his part in keeping a clean sheet and provided the assist for Benzema's goal.
Much had been said about the lack of goals from Madrid's front two. Benzema and Higuain have not hit the heights of last season, but Mourinho went with the Frenchman and he didn't let him down. When his time was up, Higuain was introduced and he promptly impressed. A selection headache of a different nature awaits Mourinho for future matches.
"It's not important who scores or who doesn't, it's meaningless," said Mourinho before the match. Perhaps so, but the Madrid boss has got to be pleased with seeing all three of his main attacking threats on the score sheet.
An eye has also been cast over the competition between Lopez and Iker Casillas. Mourinho said it would be hard to drop Lopez, despite the return of "Saint Iker" to training, and it'll be even harder after Wednesday night's match. Lopez did not have to make any tricky saves, but the saves he did have to make, and his aerial ability from set pieces, were good.
It was interesting to see Lopez celebrate as if Madrid had scored a goal in injury time when his "wall" did enough to block a Didier Drogba free kick. He looks to be settling into the role just fine and the No. 1 spot could be his until the final, should Madrid get there.
A few other talking points were refereeing decisions. Burak Yilmaz could probably feel hard done by when he went down inside the box late in the second half. He was booked for diving, and will miss the second leg, but replays showed Sergio Ramos stood on the striker's foot.
Manchester United fans will also have been interested in Benzema's high boot that went unpunished. The Frenchman's challenge on his Galatasaray marker was similar to that of Nani's in the last round, the only difference being Benzema stayed on the pitch.
Alonso and Ramos will both miss the return leg after picking up bookings in the match -- Ramos' a ridiculous yellow for kicking the ball away in the buildup to Drogba's late free kick. Done on purpose with the tie wrapped up? Possibly -- Madrid will be hoping that one doesn't come back to bite them on the bum.
It shouldn't, with Madrid in a great position to edge closer to a 10th European crown.
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Healthy Kids/Healthy Community The Healthy Kids/Healthy Community Task Force met at 5:45 p.m. June 19 in the Sioux Valley Vermillion Campus boardroom. Those in attendance were: Pastor Steve Miller, Denise Knutson, Peggy Donnelly, Linda Kogel, Deb Mollet, Joanne Sinkie, Jim Sinkie and Mary C. Merrigan.
Merrigan opened the meeting with the reading of our mission statement.
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The primary purpose of this task force is to create a stronger Vermillion community by providing physical, emotional and spiritual health and safety for the children, youth and adults of our area.
The committee compiled a list of topics that will be researched in order for us to gain more general knowledge of what other communities have done. The research is also meant to provide us with a list of resources that will be available for information, issues and projects that may develop as a result of our efforts. The group also compiled a "wish list" of what each of those present would like to see happen in the short and long term.
A video titled On the Edge, provided by the Vermillion High School counselor's office, will be viewed at the next meeting, Monday, June 26. The video is approximately 45 minutes in length. In keeping with our commitment to our one-hour meetings, there will be little time for discussion. We hope this will allow all those with "research projects" extra time to gather information to share in our July gatherings. The video will be available for those who wish to view it who are not able to attend June 26.


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Hey Skybounders! New York Comic Con was almost 2 weeks ago, and I'm still recovering. As always we had a great time in the Big Apple. The convention was amazingly busy. It was great to see some familiar faces as well as a TON of new ones. We took some photos from the con, but not nearly enough. If you have some pics of Skybound from NYCC, be sure to post them up on Flickr and tag Skybound!
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One of the first features we wanted to tell you about is in Sunday's Erie Times-News. Each week, we will feature photos submitted by users of GoErie.com. You can see a sample of what the ad looks like on the right.
When you submit a photo to any of our galleries, your image has a chance of being showcased in the Sunday print edition. To help ensure that we can properly showcase your great images, the larger you can upload, the better.
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ORLANDO —Former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer pleaded guilty to theft and money laundering charges Monday just before jury selection in his criminal trial was to begin.
Greer pleaded guilty to four counts of theft and a single count of money laundering for funneling money from the Republican Party of Florida to a company he set up with his right-hand man. He could be sentenced to a minimum of 3 ½ years and a maximum of 35 years in prison at his March 27 sentencing.
The plea deal avoids would could have been an embarrassing trial for the state GOP. Some of Florida's most powerful politicians were scheduled as witnesses, including former Gov. Charlie Crist, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and several state House and state Senate leaders.
"There were a number of people who did not want this trial to go forward and the trial isn't going forward," said Damon Chase, Greer's attorney. "Once again, Jim Greer is falling on his sword for a lot of other folks."
Topics that were covered in pretrial depositions included allegations of prostitutes at a state GOP fundraiser in the Bahamas, lavish spending on fancy restaurants and luxury hotels by state GOP leaders, the drinking habits of Crist and party leaders stabbing each other in the back.
"He has acknowledged he is guilty. That is what the party has wanted since the case started," said Stephen Dobson, an attorney for the Republican Party of Florida.
The plea deal was reached at the last minute. Jury selection was set to begin early Monday, but neither Greer nor prosecutors had appeared in the courtroom an hour after the trial was supposed to start.
Greer had earlier pleaded not guilty to allegations that he funneled almost $200,000 of party money into a company he had formed with his right-hand man.
Greer had said party leaders were aware of the company and that his prosecution was political payback.
Trial for former Fla. GOP chairman starts slowly
ORLANDO — The trial of former Republican Party of Florida chairman Jim Greer has gotten off to a slow start.
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The only sign of Greer's presence in the Orange County Courthouse were his wife and infant daughter.
Greer is facing theft, fraud and money laundering charges. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Asking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce (lead guitar) contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai. The current line-up of the group consists of Ben Bruce (lead guitar), Danny Worsnop (vocals), Cameron Liddell (rhythm guitar), Sam Bettley (bass guitar) and James Cassells (drums). Current members: Ben Bruce - lead guitar, programming, backing vocals James Cassells - drums Cameron Liddell - rhythm guitar Danny Worsnop - lead vocals, keyboards, programming Sam Bettley - bass guitar Former members: Ryan Binns - keyboards, synthesizers, programming Joe Lancaster - bass guitar Discography Studio albums: 1. Stand Up and Scream (2009) 2. Reckless & Relentless (2011). Read More
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|Nov 15, 2012, 01:28 PM
Suddenly my Safari Google searches find French sites!
I am in the UK and I have had to stop using Safari, which is set to use Google for searches, because when I do a search from the integrated URL/search box it finds French sites. It is just as though I had loaded www.google.fr. It finds vendors in France and favours French sites generally. Previously it found UK vendors and sites. If I change the search engine in Safari to Yahoo then Yahoo finds US sites. The only way I can do searches as before is to load www.google.co.uk, which is a lot less convenient. I have checked that my Mac Preference Region is set to UK and I'm using the current version of Mac OS and Safari.
Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
Thank you for any suggestions.
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|Nov 16, 2012, 03:59 PM
Safari here seems to use Google UK as default.
Check Preferences -> General -> International -> Verify Region is United Kingdom
Try resetting Safari (Safari Menu -> Reset Safari)
If that doesn't work you can always use this extension, which redirects searches through the UK search engine.
EDIT: Just found this for you. Perhaps try removing all cookies (resetting Safari will do this) and test it. Alternatively, remove the google.com cookie manually (Safari Preferences -> Privacy -> Details).
|Nov 22, 2012, 08:51 AM
Thank you VERY much, Zin. I installed the extension and it worked for Google and for Yahoo searches. I'd never have found that myself.
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|Nov 22, 2012, 10:12 AM
it does this at work to me, its because our works ISP feeds out in France for some reason... so google etc identify me as being in France, and google is a pain because there is no easy way to tell it that its bloody well wrong.
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|Nov 22, 2012, 10:15 AM
Safari can be an unpredictable beast.
Never a dull moment
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|Nov 22, 2012, 11:37 AM
God. I've got four and a half browsers on my Macbook (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera and Opera Extra) and sometimes it doesn't seem enough. Opera and Opera Extra are the only of those that my bank's Web site doesn't support, and they're the only ones that works with it. I think that's because I tend to have Ghostery installed on my other browsers. I can't use Chrome because every couple of days it causes my MacBook to totally freeze, needing a four-second press on the on/off button to reboot it. That only leaves Safari and Firefox, so I really don't want to have to rule Safari out.
Thanks again, Zin.
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TODAY's Matt Lauer and Ann Curry talk with daredevil Felix Baumgartner, who will attempt to break a skydiving world record by jumping from an altitude of 120,000 feet.
After a long delay due to legal snags, skydiver Felix Baumgartner is once again gearing up for a supersonic plunge from a 120,000-foot-high balloon — a publicity stunt aimed at breaking a record that has stood for 52 years.
The Red Bull energy-drink company announced today that Baumgartner's Stratos mission was back in action, aiming to set a record for the longest, fastest, highest parachute jump.
Word of the renewed effort leaked out over the weekend in The Telegraph. That report claimed that the balloon would lift off from Roswell, N.M., in August — but a spokeswoman for the project, Trish Medalen, told me that it's too early to announce a date. The most she'd say is that the team plans to make an attempt sometime in the next year.
That's similar to what was said a little more than two years ago, when Red Bull made the initial announcement about Baumgartner's record try. The plan had to be put on hold in October 2010 due to a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court by event promoter Daniel Hogan. At the time, the company said Hogan claimed "to own certain rights to the project" and announced it would not proceed with the jump "until this case has been resolved."
Back in business
An out-of-court settlement was reached in the dispute last July. Neither party has discussed the terms of the settlement, but it opened the way for pre-jump preparations to resume. In December, KRQE-TV reported that the launch crew was conducting stratospheric balloon tests at the Roswell Industrial Air Center.
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Click on the image for a 12-megabyte PDF graphic that shows every phase of skydiver Felix Baumgartner's Red Bull Stratos mission.
The flight plan calls for Baumgartner, a veteran 42-year-old skydiver from Austria, to rise to an altitude of 120,000 feet (36,576 meters) on a helium balloon equipped with a pressurized capsule. The ascent should take about three hours. Baumgartner will be wearing a pressure suit and astronaut-style helmet, and an oxygen-tank system will be built into his parachute pack. All this equipment is meant to keep him safe amid temperatures of 94 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (-70 degrees Celsius).
Baumgartner would jump out of the capsule and go into free-fall for about five minutes, reaching speeds in excess of Mach 1 (which is about 690 mph or 1,110 kilometers per hour at that altitude). At a height of 5,000 feet (1.5 kilometers), Baumgartner would open his parachute, slowing down his descent for the final 10 minutes or so.
The team said it recently went through a successful mission simulation inside a vacuum chamber at Brooks City-Base in Texas. That three-hour rehearsal duplicated the temperatures and near-vacuum conditions Baumgartner would face during the ascent.
"The test in the chamber was a decisive moment for us," technical director Art Thompson said in a news release. "It's as close as you can get to the near space conditions without leaving Earth. We were able to verify our equipment, and now we're moving on to plan the first manned test flights."
Baumgartner is expected to make several practice jumps from lower altitudes, building up to the big event.
Break my record ... please
One of his advisers is the current parachute-jump record holder, retired Air Force Col. Joe Kittinger. During the Air Force's "Excelsior III" stratospheric test project in 1960, Kittinger took a free-fall from an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,333). He approached the speed of sound but never quite surpassed it, and ended up setting a record for highest, fastest and longest free-fall that has stood for more than a half-century.
That's not for lack of trying: Among those who have made the attempt, or at least said they would make an attempt, were Australia's Rodd Millner, America's Cheryl Stearns, Britain's Steve Truglia and France's Michel Fournier (who hasn't formally given up yet).
Kittinger said he has gotten plenty of phone calls over the years from folks who were thinking about breaking his record. "Most of 'em had no idea of the challenge," the 83-year-old said in a video. "I stayed away from it, constantly, until ... I was really very seriously interested when I was approached by Red Bull Stratos."
Kittinger has already experienced one of the potential killers associated with a high-altitude jump: going into a perilous spin during the descent. That happened during his Excelsior I jump in 1959 when a parachute wrapped around his neck, causing him to spiral uncontrollably and black out. Kittinger didn't regain consciousness until a second parachute was triggered to open automatically at 10,000 feet.
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner is preparing for a New Mexico attempt to break the record for the highest-altitude parachute jump, set by Air Force pilot Joe Kittinger in 1960.
In addition to the current free-fall record-holder and one of the world's most seasoned skydivers, the multimillion-dollar project's team includes Jonathan Clark, a former NASA flight surgeon whose astronaut-wife Laurel died in the 2003 Columbia tragedy. Although Baumgartner will not rise high enough to reach the 100-kilometer boundary of outer space, his mission could nevertheless blaze a trail for future spacefliers, Clark said in a statement.
"Never before has anyone gone supersonic without being in an aircraft," Clark said. "Red Bull Stratos is testing new equipment and developing the procedures for inhabiting such high altitudes as well as enduring such extreme acceleration. The aim is to improve the safety for space professionals as well as potential space tourists."
Baumgartner expressed a similar sentiment: "Maybe one day people will look back and say it was Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team that helped to develop the suit that they're wearing in space. We want to do something for posterity."
Will Baumgartner's mission represent one giant leap for future space travelers, or is it really nothing more than a publicity stunt? What do you think? Feel free to register your vote in our Live Poll and leave your comments below.
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Immediately after you arrive at Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport, the impact of the poker boom hits you. It's illustrated on the walls of Terminal B in the form of big, backlit advertisements for Belvedere vodka. The caricatured shills on these signs, designed to coincide with the 2004 World Series of Poker, are familiar faces to anyone who's been watching poker tournaments on TV: Chris Moneymaker, Annie Duke, Howard Lederer, Daniel Negreanu, Layne Flack, Phil Hellmuth, Chris Ferguson and T. J. Cloutier.
At Binion's Horseshoe, site of the 35th annual World Series, 52 all-but-naked women, body-painted as playing cards, parade around to promote an online poker site. Upstairs, near the big room where the tournaments take place (there are 33 events, culminating with the seven-day championship match), the long-haired, bearded 2000 champ, Chris "Jesus" Ferguson, can't walk more than a few feet without someone stopping him for an autograph. And in the Horseshoe's executive offices, World Series honchos are pleasantly surprised that the championship event has attracted some 2,600 players, leaving this year's Series with 1,800 more contenders than last year. This adds up to a prize pool in excess of $40 million, including a first prize of $5 million.
With a line of waiting spectators snaking far beyond the tournament room's entrance, poker mania is in full force. A rep from Oakley sunglasses walks around, handing out shades, suggesting that he might be into cutting promotional deals with players. Every poker stud of note seems to have a contract with one online site or another, and it's suddenly commonplace for unknowns to be thrown $10,000 in exchange for wearing hats emblazoned with logos at final tables being taped for broadcast on ESPN. Whenever Moneymaker, last year's champ and the most prominent player in town, competes at a tournament table, he is surrounded on one side by TV cameras and on the other by spectators pressing up against a padded rail. With all the attention, you wonder how Moneymaker can focus on his cards.
If poker is going to bust out and become a mainstream spectator sport, as it seems poised to do, this is the tipping point. "Three years ago a poker player couldn't get a $50 dinner comp," says Adam Schoenfeld, senior vice president of marketing for Advanced Global Applications, which owns finaltable.com and designed the software for pokermountain.com. "Now we're looking at low six-figure guarantees to get a top name to be affiliated with a poker site."
Schoenfeld, who was once an oft-quoted analyst with Jupiter Communications, says it's worth it: "The right players add credibility and glamour and excitement."
He should know. Veteran tournament star Cloutier and hot newcomer Negreanu (who, as of July, is poised to be named Card Player magazine's Player of the Year) have both been signed to promote the pokermountain and finaltable sites. The number two online site, PokerStars.com, had so much success with Moneymaker (he entered, and ultimately won, last year's World Series championship after qualifying in a satellite tournament on PokerStars) that the online operator not only inked him to a one-year promotional deal, but spent $1 million in sending 316 qualifying players to 2004's Series. "When Moneymaker won, it got our name out," says Dan Goldman, vice president of marketing for PokerStars. "Newspapers ran articles about Moneymaker, but they all mentioned our site."
In the end more than 800 would-be poker kings won their entry fees by playing online. While it may have once been reasonable to dismiss Internet players as dead money, the enduring success of Moneymaker (he finished second in a World Poker Tour showdown at the Bay 101 casino in San Jose, California), coupled with the sheer penetration of online qualifiers, makes it difficult to maintain that attitude. "A lot of online people have the idea that they can play better than the name players," says Erik Seidel, who has won six World Series bracelets. "Some of the online guys will break through. And though they may not play better than Phil Ivey, they will be good players."
Of the thousands of amateurs diving into Las Vegas for the World Series, a Texan is making the biggest splash of all. His name is Andy Beal, and he's a billionaire banker—that is, he owns a bank—from Highland Park. He came to Vegas a few years ago wanting to play super-high-stakes Texas Hold'em, and, not surprisingly, an elite group of players was willing to accommodate him. He sat down and entered into a game with the best high-stakes specialists in the world, guys such as Doyle Brunson, Chip Reese, Bobby Baldwin and Johnny Chan. Equally predictably, he got his clock cleaned. Then, fearing collusion among the pros, Beal made an arrangement with the big players. The group, which dubbed itself the Corporation, put together a multimillion-dollar bankroll to take on Beal one at a time.
Typically, Beal shows up at the Bellagio, on short notice, and the Corporation is waiting for him. Sitting alongside his personal accountant/bodyguard, Beal wears headphones, plays from early in the morning till late afternoon and barely talks—except when he is trying to raise the stakes. The game has gone from $10,000/$20,000 to $15,000/$30,000, and as high as $50,000/$100,000. Typically, Beal gets slaughtered and the Corporation loves it. On this trip, however, coinciding with World Series mania, Beal manages to get the stakes up to an unprecedented $100,000/$200,000. Every pot contains more than $1 million, and, one would reasonably conclude, that's enough to rattle even the most seasoned pro.
"Maybe," surmises a plugged-in player, "it's his strategy. Get them to gamble for enough money that they leave their comfort zones."
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The Enhanced Easement Incentive
Co-sponsors Needed to Extend Expired Tax Incentive
Our top legislative priority this year is to preserve the enhanced tax incentive for conservation easement donations, which the Senate Finance committee voted to extend for 2014 and 2015 on April 3, 2014.
Please ask your representative and both senators to co-sponsor new legislation in the 113th Congress to make the easement incentive permanent:
A Critical Conservation Tool with Broad, Bipartisan Support
The enhanced tax deduction for conservation easement donations has helped America's land trusts work with farmers, ranchers and other modest-income landowners to increase the pace of conservation by a third to over a million acres a year! An extension of the incentive through 2013 will help more landowners receive tax benefits from the generous donation of development rights on their land.
Bills to make the incentive permanent in the 112th Congress, S. 339 and H.R. 1964, were championed by the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Ways & Means Committees and had an impressive 311 co-sponsors in the House, including majorities of both parties.
Support Bills to Make the Incentive Permanent
You can take action today by calling the capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and asking your Members of Congress to co-sponsor:
- Representatives can join Reps. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) and Mike Thompson (D-CA) as co-sponsors of the Conservation Easement Incentive Act, H.R. 2807, by contacting Lori Prater in Congressman Gerlach's office (5-4315).
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Prince William and Kate Middleton royal wedding: Do monarchies still matter?
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Ventura Family YMCA's Healthy Kids Day® on April 27
NFL players, Major League Baseball and local organizations team up with the Y for a free family extravaganza!
Ventura, California - On Saturday, April 27, from 10am to 2pm, the Ventura Family YMCA is once again celebrating their annual YMCA's Healthy Kids Day® with a free outdoor event open to the entire community.
"This year's Healthy Kid's Day is set to be the biggest yet", explains, Youth Programs Director, Sarah Abrams. "In addition to the wonderful sponsors, vendors and organizations like Major League Baseball; having professional NFL athletes give back to their community will make this a day kids will never forget."
Taking place on the grounds of the Ventura Family YMCA at 3760 Telegraph Road, Healthy Kid's Day will feature the following activities…
-Football workshop with current and former NFL players, Ronney Jenkins (Chargers, Raiders), Lorenzo Booker (Dolphins, Eagles, Vikings, Bears) and Terrail Lambert (Colts, Saints, Raiders). The three pros will give a football workshop for kids and then take pictures and sign autographs! (11:00am-Noon)
-Major League Baseball's 'Pitch, Hit and Run Competition'. Healthy Kid's Day will be an official location of the competition where kids, ages 7 to 14, free of charge, compete in baseball and softball skill drills. The winners in each age bracket will advance to the next level of this national competition that ends with a trip to compete at the 2013 All Star Game! (Please visit ciymca.org/ventura for more details and registration requirements.) (10:00am-1:00pm)
-Knuckleheadz Boxing Booth- Kids can meet, take pictures and get autographs from professional boxers and MMA fighters like Francisco Santana (current Central Coast Welterweight Champion), Chris Beal (undefeated MMA fighter), Joseph Henle (Ultimate Fighter) and many more! (11:30am-12:30pm)
-Live music from Danielle Taylor (10:30am) and Sarah Ashleigh (12:15pm).
-Games, contests and activities including jump houses, face painting, obstacle courses, bungee runs, professional photo booths, green art stations and more!
-Demonstrations from local fire and emergency organizations with sidewalk CPR, the LA Chemistry Club and more!
-Vendors and organizations including The World We Want, Ventura County Public Health, Oxnard Children's Dental Group, Vitality Chiropractic, The Curious Cup, Macaroni Kids, New York Life and ID Kits, Blue Tuna Spear Fishing and more!
-In addition to the amazing activities and appearances, the Ventura Family YMCA will be holding sign-ups for their day and away summer camps at an early bird rate and it will also be the first day to sign-up for the Y's summer sports and aquatics programs.
The Ventura Family YMCA's Healthy Kids Day is sponsored by Community Memorial Health System, Citi National, Spanish Hills Country Club, Vitality Chiropractic, Oxnard Children's Dental Group, The World We Want, Jersey Mikes, Kona Ice, Brinkman & Company, and Surf N Yogurt.
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Rushing to judgment: CSU stadium foes
Who's right? Who's wrong?
It barely matters. Here's why:
CSU, if it goes through with this idea, plans to do so with private donations, not tax dollars.
CSU?has said this repeatedly. Regardless of how hard opponents will try, any effort to frame this as a frivolous, ill-conceived diversion of public dollars from academics is simply dishonest.
Some in the opposition obviously have come to understand this, because they appear in recent days to have embraced a new message, one that shifts the focus to saving Hughes Stadium rather than merely berating the supposedly anti-intellectual crowd as favoring the gridiron over the Classics.
That's a PR ploy that might resonate in some quarters, but it would have worked far better if this community, in fact, felt any deep, emotional connection to Hughes.
How close-minded is the opposition?
The 15-member Colorado State University Stadium Advisory Committee held its inaugural meeting earlier this month. A reporter quoted a woman who identified herself as a member of the anti-stadium forces suggesting that the new facility seems out of scale to Fort Collins.
How would they know?
We haven't seen any architectural drawing. No artist rendering has been rendered. The conversation on this project has barely begun. Raising questions that pit academics against athletics is to be expected in debates about university stadiums. But raising questions about scale unnecessarily discredit the opposition.
CSU on Feb. 3 reminded us all that it knows how to pull off big-money initiatives. That's when it announced it had completed its $500-million, seven-year fundraising campaign, raising nearly $10 million more than its goal and crossing the finish line six months ahead of schedule.
It deserves big kudos for doing so. Those dollars have been spent or committed to creating new department chairs, new classrooms and new scholarships. In other words, those are dollars that will all be spent building CSU's academic profile and reputation.
If there's any reason to be concerned about the university's ambitions to build a new stadium, it's in how donors react to being asked for money again so soon after writing a check for the big campaign.
But even that concern doesn't really amount to much.
If you're an alum, a fan or a parent with the wherewithal, you'll happily write a check to an initiative that helps a university you love.
Doing so might not help the local economy much. It might not help lure better coaches or better players. But it will give the university – and Fort Collins – a chance at some of those things.
CSU is without a doubt an economic growth engine. Could it become a football powerhouse? Maybe, maybe not. But if it does, then we'll have one more item to point to with pride and, in this case, the university will have achieved this milestone without a single extra tax dollar than it now receives.
Seems like a pretty good deal to me.
Allen Greenberg is the editor of the Northern Colorado Business Report. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 970-232-3142.
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International Programs
EPA Programs in Vietnam
Vietnam, one of Asia's emerging economies, is an important environmental partner for EPA in Asia. EPA's current cooperation with Vietnam primarily focuses on dioxin remediation and technical assistance to reduce methane emissions.
EPA's collaboration with Vietnam advances the Agency's six international priorities.
Explore our work in Vietnam:
- September 2011: 6th Annual Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin
- July 2010: 5th Annual Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin
- September 2009: 4th Annual Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin
Building Strong Institutions and Legal Structures:
EPA has shared our experience with environmental policy development, enforcement, and education with government officials and students from Vietnam. EPA has also helped train enforcement officials from Vietnam. For example, in July 2007, EPA assisted Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in training environmental inspectors from southern, central and northern Vietnam.
Improving Access to Clean Water:
In May 2009, EPA hosted Hanoi government officials to discuss wastewater treatment implementation and water pollution control.
Combating Climate Change by Limiting Pollutants:
In 2007, Vietnam joined the Global Methane Initiative (GMI) . Since then, Vietnam has collaborated with EPA and the World Bank to capture and use methane emissions from agricultural activities. GMI helped conduct a resource assessment highlighting the agricultural sectors with greatest potential for employing methane-reducing technologies and practices in Vietnam. The recommended projects not only save money, but also result in improved environmental and public health conditions.
Reducing Exposure to Toxic Chemicals:
EPA co-chairs the annual U.S-Vietnam Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange/Dioxin, which coordinates joint research and provides technical advice to policy makers to help develop environmental and health initiatives. EPA also provides technical assistance to remediate dioxin-contaminated sites in Vietnam.
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oh gawd please tell me the twit who threw the bottle wasnt an American.(Cos thats the kind of drunky thing dopes here do.)
"We will get back to gymnastics in a minute. But now, Ryan Seacrest is here to tell us what's up in social media." I hate you, NBC.
I'm enjoying the tone/scope of athletics much more than swimming. The commentators are really giving a good picture of the scope of the event and a sense of the competitors. For the first time ever, I bet I can correctly identify more runners than swimmers. They seem excited for all the competitors and events.
I didn't want to watch because of vault, but I'm glad I did. Maroney kept it together and did not cry, and Izbasa hugging her out of both excitement and commiseration. Really, really impresses with Izbasa.
ETA: Zoltan Magyar is the best name ever.
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"The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." Olympic Charter
The royals get paid to travel, go to the OOOOOs, be on TV AND live in huge houses. They have an even better job fhan Carillo.
Missy Franklin just repeated the skaters' mantra: Have fun, do my best.
I love Missy Franklin. Even in spite of her admiration of Justin Bieber
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldnt do. I cant skate or play hockey, Votto said. Well, I can skate ... but I cant stop.
"I guess I'm just...I'm not used to someone putting me first." -Emma, Once Upon a Time, episode 2x3, Lady of the Lake
Thanks to PI .. I discovered I'm actually a Nontheist
"Love is better than Anger, Hope is better than fear" Jack Layton 1950-2011
It's INSANE how incredibly poised, mature and confident Missy is. May we all find more seventeen year olds like her...
Showing the men EF medalists should never be a surprise. At least they did that much, hopefully it'll even extend to rings.
more Mary Carillo! no more Ryan Seacrest!
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Cameron van der Burgh admits to cheating. His reason seems to be: "everyone else does"
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An event that has taken place for centuries, Return to the Ridings celebrates the riding of the boundaries and eleven towns in the Scottish Borders use horses for the traditional ride out.
The festivals that surround the event are steeped in tradition and the relaunch was part of Homecoming Scotland 2014, a year-long programme of events and activities that showcase all that's great about Scotland. From food and drink events through to outdoor pursuits and activities within the arts, culture and heritage sectors, there are many one-off events and ongoing activities to get involved with.
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Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits MIT
MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Professor Maria Zuber host discussion about collaborations; climate-change observatory in the worksApril 23, 2014
Creative abilities
From Boston to Bangalore, MIT senior Priyanka Saha uses technology to empower people with disabilities.April 23, 2014Featured
What's the future of wealth — and inequality?
At MIT, "rock star" economist Thomas Piketty presents, defends work on inequality.April 22, 2014
39 members of MIT Strong complete Boston Marathon, raising $176,000
Team exceeds fundraising goal of $142,600 for the Sean A. Collier Memorial Fund.April 22, 2014
Fast way to measure DNA repair
Test analyzing cells' ability to fix different kinds of broken DNA could help doctors predict cancer risk.April 21, 2014Featured
Tracking oxygen in the body
MRI sensor that enables long-term monitoring of oxygen levels could aid cancer diagnosis and treatment.April 21, 2014
MIT ceremony commemorates Officer Sean Collier's life
"Sean's life was lost, but his spirit has been amplified a hundredfold," one friend says.April 18, 2014Featured
MIT unveils plans for permanent memorial to Officer Sean Collier
Planned memorial "translates 'Collier Strong' into a physical form of strength and connectedness."April 18, 2014
3 Questions: Michael Greenstone on the experimental method in environmental economics
MIT economist makes the case for new quasi-experiments as a way of studying environmental issues.April 17, 2014
Bionic ankle 'emulates nature'
Bionics pioneer Hugh Herr's prosthetic ankle mimics the power and control of its biological counterpart.April 17, 2014
Excitons observed in action for the first time
Technique developed at MIT reveals the motion of energy-carrying quasiparticles in solid material.April 16, 2014
Floating nuclear plants could ride out tsunamis
New power plant design could provide enhanced safety, easier siting, and centralized construction.April 16, 2014
Ceremony stresses Boston's resilience on anniversary of marathon bombing
Survivor declares: "I hope that all of you, at some point, feel as loved as we have this past year."April 15, 2014
Targeting cancer with a triple threat
MIT chemists design nanoparticles that can deliver three cancer drugs at a time.April 15, 2014
Beneath the skyline
At MIT, politicians, planners, and designers debate the future of infrastructure.April 14, 2014
An Arctic ozone hole? Not quite
MIT researchers find that the extremes in Antarctic ozone holes have not been matched in the Arctic.April 14, 2014Featured
A molecular approach to solar power
Switchable material could harness the power of the sun — even when it's not shining.April 13, 2014Featured
Tiny particles could help verify goods
Chemical engineers hope smartphone-readable microparticles could crack down on counterfeiting.April 13, 2014Featured
Letter to MIT community regarding events commemorating Officer Sean CollierApril 11, 2014
How widespread is tax evasion?
New study puts a cost on "round-tripping," a method investors use to avoid the tax collector.April 11, 2014
How the brain pays attention
Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that's key to shifting our focus from one object to another.April 10, 2014Featured
April 18 events to honor Collier, celebrate MIT Strong marathon team
Ceremony of remembrance to mark one-year anniversary of MIT Police officer's death.April 9, 2014
New 'switch' could power quantum computing
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters.April 9, 2014Featured
Tiny particles may pose big risk
Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA.April 8, 2014
In the cloud: How coughs and sneezes float farther than you think
Novel study uncovers the way coughs and sneezes stay airborne for long distances.April 8, 2014Featured
The complexonaut
Scott Aaronson travels the far reaches of computational complexity, shaping conventional and quantum computing.April 7, 2014Featured
39 members of the MIT Strong team continue training — and fundraising
Runners hit the roads for final training runs in preparation for the Boston Marathon.April 4, 2014
Orienteering for robots
Algorithm for determining orientation of objects could aid robots in navigation, scene understanding.April 4, 2014Featured
How electrodes charge and discharge
New MIT analysis probes charge transfer in porous battery electrodes for the first time.April 3, 2014
The brain on his mind
First-generation senior Salvador Esparza finds roles in the lab, in the dorm, and onstage.April 3, 2014Featured
Making cancer drugs better
Killian Award recipient Stephen Lippard describes his work on platinum-based chemotherapy agents.April 2, 2014
Strain can alter materials' properties
New field of "strain engineering" could open up areas of materials research with many potential applications.April 2, 2014